How often do your cats VOMIT???

[Harmanie]

Jamie is the "vomiter" of the house. But he prefurrrrrs hidden places...........like my moms shoe.

[jazzcat]

Ripley isn't called the "Puke King" for nothing. He tends to go in cycles where he will vomit several times over a week to 10 days and then stops for several weeks. He always and I mean ALWAYS throws up in three spots each time. For a while he seemed to be overeating and then turning around and barfing but he has stopped that since R&R came, have no clue why.

This spring Rumor got sick from a hairball and the vet gave me Lax'Aire to give her. I also give it to Ripley and it has really helped. I just ran out and bought some PetroMalt or whatever it's called in hopes it will work just as well. I try to give a little to all the kitties but especially my long haired varmits.

[rosethecopycat]

Mr. Jones- only to get a hairball out
Snowy- regurgitates, throwing up a few time in a spell, then nothing for a long time
Bella- I don't know that she's ever vomited
Malfi- once in a while, when his tummy upset

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Poor little CJ was puking regularly for the longest time. But now that he's been taking the Prednisolone to try and get his diarrhea under control, his puking is under control also. Seems he must have an allergy to something and now that the Pred. is controlling that, his little tummy feels better all around. Now to find out just what he is allergic to.

Tubby used to puke at least once a month, for most of his life. Then it went to once a week and when it got to the point of once a day I knew it was time to take him in and have him checked. That's when they discovered he was in the early stages of kidney failure.

Peanut pukes quite infrequently. Considering she has the longest hair out of all three, it never ceases to amaze me that she doesn't have more hairballs.

[Kfamr]

Is it "normal" for cats to vomit often??
I know Orion doesn't do it a lot, in fact, he rarely does. Does that mean he's NOT normal?

[luvofallhorses]

I know they toss their cookies if they chow down their food too fast. but that isn't that often.....I also am wondering the same thing as Kay(we posted at the same time) if it's normal for them to vomit often...

[smokey the elder]

I get the occasional bolt'n'barf. Moby lets out this howl so I know when she's gonna hurl. I find occasional hairballs around.

[JenBKR]

I honestly don't know if it's normal to vomit a lot or not, but Belle does it because she devours her food so fast you wouldn't even know she had any

[jazzcat]

Originally posted by Kfamr
Is it "normal" for cats to vomit often??
I know Orion doesn't do it a lot, in fact, he rarely does. Does that mean he's NOT normal?

Kay - Ripley has always been a barfer and my vet says that some cats are just prone to it more than others, especially long haired cats. I have to be very careful with his diet. Jazz and Scout rarely vomit, just the once in a blue moon hairball.

[manda_moo87]

Not too often luckily.

Squeekers went through a phase several months ago where she was vomiting furballs quiet frequently, but she's been fine the past while. Misty very, very rarely vomits. I think the last time I can recall her vomiting was just after we got her, poor baby, she was so sick...

[felinefuture]

Hi all: This is an interesting subject! LOL I almost never find vomit from our two cats, and I feed a raw meat diet - I wonder if this has anything to do with it.

Gayle

[k9krazee]

My cats rarely if ever vomit...I didn't realize most cats do it regularly!

[lizbud]

This thread has inspired me to go back to hairball formula
dry food for the kitties. I used to feed it before & there were fewer hacking attacks & gunk spit up. I only stopped because
of the cost. I bought a big bag of Meow Mix Hairball today.
They ate this before & like it, so the next few weeks will be a
test to see if they do any better on it.

[felinefuture]

Cats should never eat a kibble diet - there are many reasons, including, a cat is not a natural water-drinker, and even when they do drink water, they can never drink enough to re-hydrate the dry kibble in the stomach. It's no wonder that they throw up!

Also, the grain content in the kibble is a BIG problem for cats, as they lack the digestive enzymes to digest grain, or carbohydrate of any kind. Also, the grain content upsets the Ph level in the oral cavity, leading to tartar build-up, and also the Ph level in the urine is upset, leading to struvite crystals and kidney failure.

Do we need any further reasons to NOT feed kibble to cats?

A cat is an obligate carnivore, and should be fed as such.

Gayle